Method for setting massage pattern of thermotherapy device

Abstract

The present invention relates to a method for setting a massage pattern of a thermotherapy device, and more specifically, to a method for setting a massage pattern, wherein the movement of a moxibustion device is patterned according to diseases so as to allow a bone of the spine associated with a disease to be intensively massaged, and thus if a disease is selected, a moxibustion device is operated by a motor according to the set massage pattern so as to enable an automatic customized massage according to the disease.

The invention claimed is: 
     
       1. A method for setting a massage pattern of a thermotherapy device comprising a moxibustion device, a motor, a transfer unit, a controller, an input unit and a memory unit, the method comprising:
 a first operation of driving the moxibustion device to scan the entire spine of a user, setting articulation points between vertebrae of the user as reference points for the human spine composed of cervical vertebrae, thoracic vertebrae, lumbar vertebrae, and a sacrum/coccyx, and storing the articulation points in the memory unit at the controller; 
 a second operation of receiving information on related vertebrae associated with dyspepsia, blood circulation, immune boosting, sexual dysfunction, attention deficit disorder, insomnia, obesity, cervical vertebrae pain or lumbar disc, and storing the information in the memory unit at the controller; 
 a third operation of receiving information on a moving path on which the moxibustion device actually moves with respect to the reference points while performing a massage on the vertebrae associated with dyspepsia, blood circulation, immune boosting, sexual dysfunction, attention deficit disorder, insomnia, obesity, cervical vertebrae pain or lumbar disc, receiving information on what times the moxibustion device repeatedly performs the massage while moving along the moving path, setting massage patterns according to the dyspepsia, blood circulation, immune boosting, sexual dysfunction, attention deficit disorder, insomnia, obesity, cervical vertebrae pain and lumbar disc, and storing the massage pattern in the memory unit at the controller; and 
 a fourth operation of searching for the corresponding massage pattern, receiving the corresponding massage pattern from the memory unit, and controlling the moxibustion device and the motor to perform a massage according to the set massage pattern at the controller when information on the dyspepsia, blood circulation, immune boosting, sexual dysfunction, attention deficit disorder, insomnia, obesity, cervical vertebrae pain or lumbar disc is input through the input unit, 
 wherein the reference points are points for establishing landmarks to set the massage pattern, and wherein the reference points become starting points and end points of the massage patterns; 
 the massage pattern is different depending on the dyspepsia, blood circulation, immune boosting, sexual dysfunction, attention deficit disorder, insomnia, obesity, cervical vertebrae pain or lumbar disc; 
 the massage pattern includes the moving path, a movement repeat count, a moving speed, a massage pressure and a temperature of the moxibustion device; 
 the moving path is divided into a plurality of sections, the plurality of sections being adjacent to the vertebrae related with dyspepsia, blood circulation, immune boosting, sexual dysfunction, attention deficit disorder, insomnia, obesity, cervical vertebrae pain or lumbar disc; 
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 the movement repeat count, the moving speed, the massage pressure and the temperature of the moxibustion device are differently set for each section of the moving path according to the dyspepsia, blood circulation, immune boosting, sexual dysfunction, attention deficit disorder, insomnia, obesity, cervical vertebrae pain or lumbar disc. 
 
     
     
       2. The method of  claim 1 , wherein the second operation comprises:
 operation 2-1 of receiving information on related organs, muscles or body parts according to user's dyspepsia, blood circulation, immune boosting, sexual dysfunction, attention deficit disorder, insomnia, obesity, cervical vertebrae pain or lumbar disc; 
 operation 2-2 of receiving information on vertebrae corresponding to the organs, the muscles or the body parts when the organs, the muscle or the body parts are determined. 
 
     
     
       3. The method of  claim 1 , wherein the massage pattern is repeated more than once for the dyspepsia, blood circulation, immune boosting, sexual dysfunction, attention deficit disorder, insomnia, obesity, cervical vertebrae pain or lumbar disc. 
     
     
       4. The method of  claim 3 , wherein the controller transfers a signal value to the motor to control a massage moving path, a repeat count, a moving speed and a massage pressure in the massage pattern, and transfers the signal value to the moxibustion device to control a temperature of the moxibustion device. 
     
     
       5. A thermotherapy device comprising:
 a moxibustion device  110  configured to move in a longitudinal direction of the spine of a user; 
 a transfer unit  126  coupled to the motor  140  and configured to provide a turning force of the motor  140  to translocate the moxibustion device; 
 an input unit configured to receive a user's operation signal and provide the operation signal to the controller; 
 a memory unit configured to store information on a massage pattern according to dyspepsia, blood circulation, immune boosting, sexual dysfunction, attention deficit disorder, insomnia, obesity, cervical vertebrae pain or lumbar disc including a moving path of the moxibustion device, a massage count, a moving speed of the moxibustion device, a massage pressure, and a temperature of the moxibustion device; 
 a controller configured to search for the corresponding massage pattern, receive the corresponding massage pattern from the memory unit, and control the moxibustion device and the motor to perform a massage according to the set massage pattern when information on the dyspepsia, blood circulation, immune boosting, sexual dysfunction, attention deficit disorder, insomnia, obesity, cervical vertebrae pain or lumbar disc is input through the input unit, 
 wherein information on reference points of the user spine and related vertebrae associated with dyspepsia, blood circulation, immune boosting, sexual dysfunction, attention deficit disorder, insomnia, obesity, cervical vertebrae pain or lumbar disc is further included in the memory unit, wherein the information on the reference points comprises articulation points between the vertebrae of the user set as the reference points by causing the controller to drive the moxibustion device to scan the entire spine of a user, wherein the reference points are points for establishing landmarks to set the massage pattern, wherein the reference points become starting points and end points of the massage patterns; 
 the massage pattern is different depending on the dyspepsia, blood circulation, immune boosting, sexual dysfunction, attention deficit disorder, insomnia, obesity, cervical vertebrae pain or lumbar disc; 
 the massage pattern includes the moving path, a movement repeat count, a moving speed, a massage pressure and a temperature of the moxibustion device; 
 the moving path is divided into a plurality of sections, the plurality of sections being adjacent to the vertebrae related with dyspepsia, blood circulation, immune boosting, sexual dysfunction, attention deficit disorder, insomnia, obesity, cervical vertebrae pain or lumbar disc; 
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 the movement repeat count, the moving speed, the massage pressure and the temperature of the moxibustion device are differently set for each section of the moving path according to the dyspepsia, blood circulation, immune boosting, sexual dysfunction, attention deficit disorder, insomnia, obesity, cervical vertebrae pain or lumbar disc. 
 
     
     
       6. The thermotherapy device of  claim 5 , wherein the controller stores set information on a moving path of the moxibustion device, a movement repeat count, a moving speed, massage pressure, and a temperature of moxibustion device in the memory unit. 
     
     
       7. A method for setting a massage pattern of a thermotherapy device comprising a moxibustion device, a motor, a transfer unit, a controller, an input unit, and a memory unit, the method comprising:
 a first operation of driving the moxibustion device to scan the entire spine of a user, setting articulation points between vertebrae of the user as reference points for the human spine composed of cervical vertebrae, thoracic vertebrae, lumbar vertebrae, and a sacrum/coccyx, and storing the articulation points in the memory unit at the controller; 
 a second operation of dividing an autonomic nerve zone of the spine into a sympathetic nerve zone and a parasympathetic nerve zone with respect to the reference points according to distribution of the peripheral nerves of the spine, and storing the sympathetic nerve zone and the parasympathetic nerve zone in the memory unit at the controller; 
 a third operation of receiving information on a relationship between dyspepsia, blood circulation, immune boosting, sexual dysfunction, attention deficit disorder, insomnia, obesity, cervical vertebrae pain or lumbar disc and sympathetic and parasympathetic nerves, and storing the information in the memory unit at the controller; 
 a fourth operation of receiving information on a moving path on which the moxibustion device actually moves while performing a massage on the sympathetic nerve zone and/or the parasympathetic nerve zone in the case of dyspepsia, blood circulation, immune boosting, sexual dysfunction, attention deficit disorder, insomnia, obesity, cervical vertebrae pain or lumbar disc showing a relationship between the sympathetic nerves and the parasympathetic nerves, receiving information on what times the moxibustion device repeatedly performs the massage while moving along the moving path to set a massage pattern according to the dyspepsia, blood circulation, immune boosting, sexual dysfunction, attention deficit disorder, insomnia, obesity, cervical vertebrae pain or lumbar disc, and storing the massage pattern at the controller; and 
 a fifth operation of searching for a massage pattern, receiving the massage pattern from the memory unit, and controlling the moxibustion device and the motor to perform a massage according to the set massage pattern at the controller when information on the dyspepsia, blood circulation, immune boosting, sexual dysfunction, attention deficit disorder, insomnia, obesity, cervical vertebrae pain or lumbar disc showing the relationship between the sympathetic nerves and the parasympathetic nerves is input through the input unit, 
 wherein the reference points are points for establishing landmarks to set the massage pattern, wherein the reference points become starting points and end points of the massage patterns; 
 the massage pattern is different depending on the dyspepsia, blood circulation, immune boosting, sexual dysfunction, attention deficit disorder, insomnia, obesity, cervical vertebrae pain or lumbar disc; 
 the massage pattern includes the moving path, a movement repeat count, a moving speed, a massage pressure and a temperature of the moxibustion device; 
 the moving path is divided into a plurality of sections, the plurality of sections being adjacent to the vertebrae related with dyspepsia, blood circulation, immune boosting, sexual dysfunction, attention deficit disorder, insomnia, obesity, cervical vertebrae pain or lumbar disc; 
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 the movement repeat count, the moving speed, the massage pressure and the temperature of the moxibustion device are differently set for each section of the moving path according to the dyspepsia, blood circulation, immune boosting, sexual dysfunction, attention deficit disorder, insomnia, obesity, cervical vertebrae pain or lumbar disc. 
 
     
     
       8. The method of  claim 7 , wherein the massage pattern comprises a moving speed of the moxibustion device, a massage pressure, and a temperature of the moxibustion device in the third operation. 
     
     
       9. The method of  claim 8 , wherein the massage is performed on the sympathetic nerves followed by the parasympathetic nerves when the massage has to be performed on both of the sympathetic nerve zone and the parasympathetic nerve zone. 
     
     
       10. The method of  claim 7 , wherein the massage pattern comprises the massage order determining which of the sympathetic nerve zone and the parasympathetic nerve zone is massaged first in the third operation when the sympathetic nerve zone and the parasympathetic nerve zone have to be massaged. 
     
     
       11. The method of  claim 7 , wherein the massage pressure applied to the sympathetic nerves is stronger than that applied to the parasympathetic nerves. 
     
     
       12. A method for setting a massage pattern of a thermotherapy device comprising a moxibustion device, a motor, a transfer unit, a controller, an input unit, and a memory unit, the method comprising:
 a first operation of driving the moxibustion device to scan the entire spine of a user, setting articulation points between vertebrae of the user as reference points for the human spine composed of cervical vertebrae, thoracic vertebrae, lumbar vertebrae, and a sacrum/coccyx, and storing the articulation points in the memory unit at the controller; 
 a second operation of receiving information on positions of related moxibustion points and acupressure points associated with dyspepsia, blood circulation, immune boosting, sexual dysfunction, attention deficit disorder, insomnia, obesity, cervical vertebrae pain or lumbar disc, and storing the information in the memory unit at the controller; 
 a third operation of receiving information on a moxibustion intensity, a moxibustion temperature, and a moxibustion time for the moxibustion points, setting a moxibustion pattern, and storing the moxibustion pattern in the memory unit at the controller; 
 a fourth operation of receiving information on an acupressure intensity, an acupressure time, and an acupressure operation for the acupressure points, setting an acupressure pattern, and storing the acupressure pattern in the memory unit at the controller; and 
 a fifth operation of searching for a corresponding moxibustion pattern and a corresponding acupressure pattern, receiving the corresponding moxibustion pattern and corresponding acupressure pattern from the memory unit, and controlling the moxibustion device and the motor to perform moxibustion and acupressure according to the corresponding moxibustion pattern and the corresponding acupressure pattern at the controller when the moxibustion device reaches the reference points at which predetermined moxibustion points and acupressure points are positioned as the moxibustion device is performing a massage according to a set massage pattern according to the dyspepsia, blood circulation, immune boosting, sexual dysfunction, attention deficit disorder, insomnia, obesity, cervical vertebrae pain or lumbar disc when dyspepsia, blood circulation, immune boosting, sexual dysfunction, attention deficit disorder, insomnia, obesity, cervical vertebrae pain or lumbar disc is selected through the input unit, 
 wherein the reference points are points for establishing landmarks to set the massage pattern, wherein the reference points become starting points and end points of the massage patterns; 
 the massage pattern is different depending on the dyspepsia, blood circulation, immune boosting, sexual dysfunction, attention deficit disorder, insomnia, obesity, cervical vertebrae pain or lumbar disc; 
 the massage pattern includes the moving path, a movement repeat count, a moving speed, a massage pressure and a temperature of the moxibustion device; 
 the moving path is divided into a plurality of sections, the plurality of sections being adjacent to the vertebrae related with dyspepsia, blood circulation, immune boosting, sexual dysfunction, attention deficit disorder, insomnia, obesity, cervical vertebrae pain or lumbar disc; 
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 the movement repeat count, the moving speed, the massage pressure and the temperature of the moxibustion device are differently set for each section of the moving path according to the dyspepsia, blood circulation, immune boosting, sexual dysfunction, attention deficit disorder, insomnia, obesity, cervical vertebrae pain or lumbar disc. 
 
     
     
       13. The method of  claim 12 , wherein the moxibustion points and the acupressure points in the second operation are positioned at the reference points. 
     
     
       14. The method of  claim 13 , wherein the acupressure operation in the fourth operation is divided into a horizontal vibration, a vertical vibration, a rotation, and a combination thereof. 
     
     
       15. A method for setting a massage mode of a thermotherapy device comprising a moxibustion device, a motor, a moving unit, a controller, an input unit, and a memory unit, the method comprising:
 a first operation of performing a scanning mode which is performed by driving the moxibustion device to scan the entire spine of a user, setting articulation points between vertebrae of the user as reference points for the human spine composed of cervical vertebrae, thoracic vertebrae, lumbar vertebrae, and a sacrum/coccyx, and storing the articulation points in the memory unit at the controller; 
 a second operation of receiving patterns in which tension applied to all spinal nerves or muscles is eased so that the spine sufficiently endures massage stimuli without any pain, combining the patterns to set a standby mode, and storing the standby mode in the memory unit at the controller; 
 a third operation of receiving predetermined patterns based on vertebrae, moxibustion points and acupressure points, all of which are associated with dyspepsia, blood circulation, immune boosting, sexual dysfunction, attention deficit disorder, insomnia, obesity, cervical vertebrae pain or lumbar disc, in order to treat the dyspepsia, blood circulation, immune boosting, sexual dysfunction, attention deficit disorder, insomnia, obesity, cervical vertebrae pain or lumbar disc, combining the patterns to set a treatment mode, and storing the treatment mode in the memory unit at the controller; 
 a fourth operation of receiving patterns for inducing balancing of autonomic nerves and normalizing a user's condition, combining the patterns to set a finishing mode, and storing the finishing mode in the memory unit at the controller; and 
 a fifth operation of controlling the motor and the moxibustion device in a sequential order at the controller according to the scanning mode, the standby mode, the treatment mode, and the finishing mode when information on dyspepsia, blood circulation, immune boosting, sexual dysfunction, attention deficit disorder, insomnia, obesity, cervical vertebrae pain or lumbar disc is input through the input unit, 
 wherein the controller is controlling the moxibustion device to perform a massage according to a set massage pattern, wherein the reference points are points for establishing landmarks to set the massage pattern, wherein the reference points become starting points and end points of the massage patterns; 
 the massage pattern is different depending on the dyspepsia, blood circulation, immune boosting, sexual dysfunction, attention deficit disorder, insomnia, obesity, cervical vertebrae pain or lumbar disc; 
 the massage pattern includes the moving path, a movement repeat count, a moving speed, a massage pressure and a temperature of the moxibustion device; 
 the moving path is divided into a plurality of sections, the plurality of sections being adjacent to the vertebrae related with dyspepsia, blood circulation, immune boosting, sexual dysfunction, attention deficit disorder, insomnia, obesity, cervical vertebrae pain or lumbar disc; 
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 the movement repeat count, the moving speed, the massage pressure and the temperature of the moxibustion device are differently set for each section of the moving path according to the dyspepsia, blood circulation, immune boosting, sexual dysfunction, attention deficit disorder, insomnia, obesity, cervical vertebrae pain or lumbar disc. 
 
     
     
       16. The method of  claim 15 , wherein the scanning mode in the first operation is set with a “slow” moving speed, and a single pattern of one reciprocation. 
     
     
       17. The method of  claim 15 , wherein the treatment mode in the third operation is configured to select a plurality of patterns from an intensive pattern in which a massage is intensively performed on vertebrae associated with a disease, a whole pattern in which a massage is performed on the entire spine, an area pattern in which a massage is performed on an area adjacent to the vertebrae associated with the disease, an area-by-area pattern in which a massage is performed on vertebrae associated with a certain area of the human body, a sympathetic nerve pattern in which a massage is performed on the sympathetic nerve zone, a parasympathetic nerve pattern in which a massage is performed on the parasympathetic nerve zone, a moxibustion pattern in which moxibustion is performed on moxibustion points associated with the disease, and an acupressure pattern in which acupressure is performed on acupressure points associated with a disease. 
     
     
       18. The method of  claim 15 , wherein the finishing mode in the fourth operation is configured to select a pattern from a parasympathetic nerve pattern in which balancing of the autonomic nerves is induced, a straining pattern in which relaxed muscles are normalized, and a relax pattern in which strained nerves are relaxed.